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Egypt's Golden Empire - The Last Great Pharaoh.Ramesses II, referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh (reigned 1279 BC – 1213 BC) of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powe

Dr Gus Casely-Hayford explores the pre-colonial history of some of Africa's most important kingdoms.The African continent is home to nearly a billion people. It has an incredible diversity of communities and cultures, yet we know less of its history than

How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who built these enormous structures, and what did these tombs signify? Host David Macaulay explores the histo

Mississippian people constructed enormous earthen pyramids throughout the USA Midwest and South, they even played an early version of lacrosse.The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American culture that flourished in what is now the Midwes

Largest pyramid city north of Mexico.Cahokia was the center of a pyramid civilization in the center of what s today called "The United States."It was one of hundreds of such pyramid sites. It was also the largest of them all.You can still climb the pyrami